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  <span class="target" id="manual:cmake-qt(7)"></span><section id="cmake-qt-7">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1" role="doc-backlink">cmake-qt(7)</a><a class="headerlink" href="#cmake-qt-7" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<nav class="contents" id="contents">
<p class="topic-title">Contents</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#cmake-qt-7" id="id1">cmake-qt(7)</a></p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#introduction" id="id2">Introduction</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#qt-build-tools" id="id3">Qt Build Tools</a></p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#automoc" id="id4">AUTOMOC</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#autouic" id="id5">AUTOUIC</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#autorcc" id="id6">AUTORCC</a></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#the-origin-autogen-target" id="id7">The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;_autogen</span></code> target</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#visual-studio-generators" id="id8">Visual Studio Generators</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#qtmain-lib-on-windows" id="id9">qtmain.lib on Windows</a></p></li>
</ul>
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</ul>
</nav>
<section id="introduction">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" role="doc-backlink">Introduction</a><a class="headerlink" href="#introduction" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>CMake can find and use Qt 4 and Qt 5 libraries.  The Qt 4 libraries are found
by the <span class="target" id="index-0-module:FindQt4"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../module/FindQt4.html#module:FindQt4" title="FindQt4"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FindQt4</span></code></a> find-module shipped with CMake, whereas the
Qt 5 libraries are found using &quot;Config-file Packages&quot; shipped with Qt 5. See
<span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-packages(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake-packages.7.html#manual:cmake-packages(7)" title="cmake-packages(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake-packages(7)</span></code></a> for more information about CMake packages, and
see <a class="reference external" href="https://contribute.qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/cmake-manual.html">the Qt cmake manual</a>
for your Qt version.</p>
<p>Qt 4 and Qt 5 may be used together in the same
<span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-buildsystem(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake-buildsystem.7.html#manual:cmake-buildsystem(7)" title="cmake-buildsystem(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMake</span> <span class="pre">buildsystem</span></code></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">cmake_minimum_required(</span><span class="no">VERSION</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">3.8.0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">FATAL_ERROR</span><span class="nf">)</span>

<span class="nf">project(</span><span class="nb">Qt4And5</span><span class="nf">)</span>

<span class="nf">set(</span><span class="no">CMAKE_AUTOMOC</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">ON</span><span class="nf">)</span>

<span class="nf">find_package(</span><span class="nb">Qt5</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">COMPONENTS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Widgets</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">DBus</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">REQUIRED</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">add_executable(</span><span class="nb">publisher</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">publisher.cpp</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">target_link_libraries(</span><span class="nb">publisher</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Qt5</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">Widgets</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Qt5</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">DBus</span><span class="nf">)</span>

<span class="nf">find_package(</span><span class="nb">Qt4</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">REQUIRED</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">add_executable(</span><span class="nb">subscriber</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">subscriber.cpp</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">target_link_libraries(</span><span class="nb">subscriber</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Qt4</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">QtGui</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Qt4</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">QtDBus</span><span class="nf">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>A CMake target may not link to both Qt 4 and Qt 5.  A diagnostic is issued if
this is attempted or results from transitive target dependency evaluation.</p>
</section>
<section id="qt-build-tools">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">Qt Build Tools</a><a class="headerlink" href="#qt-build-tools" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Qt relies on some bundled tools for code generation, such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc</span></code> for
meta-object code generation, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code> for widget layout and population,
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcc</span></code> for virtual file system content generation.  These tools may be
automatically invoked by <span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake(1)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake.1.html#manual:cmake(1)" title="cmake(1)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake(1)</span></code></a> if the appropriate conditions
are met.  The automatic tool invocation may be used with both Qt 4 and Qt 5.</p>
<section id="automoc">
<span id="qt-automoc"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" role="doc-backlink">AUTOMOC</a><a class="headerlink" href="#automoc" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC" title="AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code></a> target property controls whether <span class="target" id="index-1-manual:cmake(1)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake.1.html#manual:cmake(1)" title="cmake(1)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake(1)</span></code></a>
inspects the C++ files in the target to determine if they require <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc</span></code> to
be run, and to create rules to execute <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc</span></code> at the appropriate time.</p>
<p>If a macro from <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES" title="AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES</span></code></a> is found in a header file,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc</span></code> will be run on the file.  The result will be put into a file named
according to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc_&lt;basename&gt;.cpp</span></code>.
If the macro is found in a C++ implementation
file, the moc output will be put into a file named according to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;basename&gt;.moc</span></code>, following the Qt conventions.  The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;basename&gt;.moc</span></code> must
be included by the user in the C++ implementation file with a preprocessor
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">#include</span></code>.</p>
<p>Included <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc_*.cpp</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">*.moc</span></code> files will be generated in the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR&gt;/include</span></code> directory which is
automatically added to the target's <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.html#prop_tgt:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES" title="INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES</span></code></a>.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>This differs from CMake 3.7 and below; see their documentation for details.</p></li>
<li><p>For <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_gbl:GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_gbl/GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG.html#prop_gbl:GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG" title="GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_gbl docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">multi</span> <span class="pre">configuration</span> <span class="pre">generators</span></code></a>,
the include directory is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR&gt;/include_&lt;CONFIG&gt;</span></code>.</p></li>
<li><p>See <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR.html#prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR" title="AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR</span></code></a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Not included <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc_&lt;basename&gt;.cpp</span></code> files will be generated in custom
folders to avoid name collisions and included in a separate
file which is compiled into the target, named either
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR&gt;/mocs_compilation.cpp</span></code> or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR&gt;/mocs_compilation_$&lt;CONFIG&gt;.cpp</span></code>.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>See <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR.html#prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR" title="AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR</span></code></a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc</span></code> command line will consume the <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:COMPILE_DEFINITIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/COMPILE_DEFINITIONS.html#prop_tgt:COMPILE_DEFINITIONS" title="COMPILE_DEFINITIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">COMPILE_DEFINITIONS</span></code></a> and
<span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.html#prop_tgt:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES" title="INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES</span></code></a> target properties from the target it is being
invoked for, and for the appropriate build configuration.</p>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC" title="AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code></a> target property may be pre-set for all
following targets by setting the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC.html#variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC" title="CMAKE_AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_AUTOMOC</span></code></a> variable.  The
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS" title="AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> target property may be populated to set
options to pass to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc</span></code>. The <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS.html#variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS" title="CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS</span></code></a>
variable may be populated to pre-set the options for all following targets.</p>
<p>Additional macro names to search for can be added to
<span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES" title="AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Additional <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc</span></code> dependency file names can be extracted from source code
by using <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS" title="AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Source C++ files can be excluded from <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC" title="AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code></a> processing by
enabling <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOMOC.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOMOC" title="SKIP_AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOMOC</span></code></a> or the broader <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOGEN.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN" title="SKIP_AUTOGEN"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOGEN</span></code></a>.</p>
</section>
<section id="autouic">
<span id="qt-autouic"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" role="doc-backlink">AUTOUIC</a><a class="headerlink" href="#autouic" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC" title="AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC</span></code></a> target property controls whether <span class="target" id="index-2-manual:cmake(1)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake.1.html#manual:cmake(1)" title="cmake(1)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake(1)</span></code></a>
inspects the C++ files in the target to determine if they require <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code> to
be run, and to create rules to execute <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code> at the appropriate time.</p>
<p>If a preprocessor <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">#include</span></code> directive is found which matches
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;path&gt;ui_&lt;basename&gt;.h</span></code>, and a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;basename&gt;.ui</span></code> file exists,
then <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code> will be executed to generate the appropriate file.
The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;basename&gt;.ui</span></code> file is searched for in the following places</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;source_dir&gt;/&lt;basename&gt;.ui</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;source_dir&gt;/&lt;path&gt;&lt;basename&gt;.ui</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS&gt;/&lt;basename&gt;.ui</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS&gt;/&lt;path&gt;&lt;basename&gt;.ui</span></code></p></li>
</ol>
<p>where <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;source_dir&gt;</span></code> is the directory of the C++ file and
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS" title="AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS</span></code></a> is a list of additional search paths.</p>
<p>The generated generated <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ui_*.h</span></code> files are placed in the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR&gt;/include</span></code> directory which is
automatically added to the target's <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_tgt:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.html#prop_tgt:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES" title="INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES</span></code></a>.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>This differs from CMake 3.7 and below; see their documentation for details.</p></li>
<li><p>For <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_gbl:GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_gbl/GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG.html#prop_gbl:GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG" title="GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_gbl docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">multi</span> <span class="pre">configuration</span> <span class="pre">generators</span></code></a>,
the include directory is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR&gt;/include_&lt;CONFIG&gt;</span></code>.</p></li>
<li><p>See <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR.html#prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR" title="AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR</span></code></a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC" title="AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC</span></code></a> target property may be pre-set for all following
targets by setting the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_AUTOUIC.html#variable:CMAKE_AUTOUIC" title="CMAKE_AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_AUTOUIC</span></code></a> variable.  The
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC_OPTIONS" title="AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> target property may be populated to set options
to pass to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code>.  The <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS.html#variable:CMAKE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS" title="CMAKE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> variable may be
populated to pre-set the options for all following targets.  The
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/AUTOUIC_OPTIONS.html#prop_sf:AUTOUIC_OPTIONS" title="AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> source file property may be set on the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;basename&gt;.ui</span></code> file to set particular options for the file.  This
overrides options from the <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC_OPTIONS" title="AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> target property.</p>
<p>A target may populate the <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS" title="INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> target
property with options that should be used when invoking <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code>.  This must be
consistent with the <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC_OPTIONS" title="AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> target property content of the
depender target.  The <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES.html#variable:CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES" title="CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES</span></code></a> variable may
be used to track the origin target of such
<span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS" title="INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS</span></code></a>.  This means that a library which
provides an alternative translation system for Qt may specify options which
should be used when running <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code>:</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">add_library(</span><span class="nb">KI18n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">klocalizedstring.cpp</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">target_link_libraries(</span><span class="nb">KI18n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Qt5</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">Core</span><span class="nf">)</span>

<span class="c"># KI18n uses the tr2i18n() function instead of tr().  That function is</span>
<span class="c"># declared in the klocalizedstring.h header.</span>
<span class="nf">set(</span><span class="nb">autouic_options</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="p">-</span><span class="nb">tr</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">tr2i18n</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="p">-</span><span class="nb">include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">klocalizedstring.h</span>
<span class="nf">)</span>

<span class="nf">set_property(</span><span class="no">TARGET</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">KI18n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">APPEND</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">PROPERTY</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">${</span><span class="nt">autouic_options</span><span class="o">}</span>
<span class="nf">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>A consuming project linking to the target exported from upstream automatically
uses appropriate options when <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code> is run by <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC" title="AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC</span></code></a>, as a
result of linking with the <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:IMPORTED"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/IMPORTED.html#prop_tgt:IMPORTED" title="IMPORTED"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IMPORTED</span></code></a> target:</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">set(</span><span class="no">CMAKE_AUTOUIC</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">ON</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="c"># Uses a libwidget.ui file:</span>
<span class="nf">add_library(</span><span class="nb">LibWidget</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">libwidget.cpp</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">target_link_libraries(</span><span class="nb">LibWidget</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">KF5</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">KI18n</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nb">Qt5</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">Widgets</span>
<span class="nf">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Source files can be excluded from <span class="target" id="index-3-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC" title="AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC</span></code></a> processing by
enabling <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOUIC.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOUIC" title="SKIP_AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOUIC</span></code></a> or the broader <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOGEN.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN" title="SKIP_AUTOGEN"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOGEN</span></code></a>.</p>
</section>
<section id="autorcc">
<span id="qt-autorcc"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" role="doc-backlink">AUTORCC</a><a class="headerlink" href="#autorcc" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTORCC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTORCC.html#prop_tgt:AUTORCC" title="AUTORCC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTORCC</span></code></a> target property controls whether <span class="target" id="index-3-manual:cmake(1)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake.1.html#manual:cmake(1)" title="cmake(1)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake(1)</span></code></a>
creates rules to execute <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcc</span></code> at the appropriate time on source files
which have the suffix <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.qrc</span></code>.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">add_executable(</span><span class="nb">myexe</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">main.cpp</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">resource_file.qrc</span><span class="nf">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTORCC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTORCC.html#prop_tgt:AUTORCC" title="AUTORCC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTORCC</span></code></a> target property may be pre-set for all following targets
by setting the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_AUTORCC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_AUTORCC.html#variable:CMAKE_AUTORCC" title="CMAKE_AUTORCC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_AUTORCC</span></code></a> variable.  The
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTORCC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTORCC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:AUTORCC_OPTIONS" title="AUTORCC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTORCC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> target property may be populated to set options
to pass to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcc</span></code>.  The <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_AUTORCC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_AUTORCC_OPTIONS.html#variable:CMAKE_AUTORCC_OPTIONS" title="CMAKE_AUTORCC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_AUTORCC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> variable may be
populated to pre-set the options for all following targets.  The
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:AUTORCC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/AUTORCC_OPTIONS.html#prop_sf:AUTORCC_OPTIONS" title="AUTORCC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTORCC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> source file property may be set on the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;name&gt;.qrc</span></code> file to set particular options for the file.  This
overrides options from the <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTORCC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTORCC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:AUTORCC_OPTIONS" title="AUTORCC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTORCC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> target property.</p>
<p>Source files can be excluded from <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_tgt:AUTORCC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTORCC.html#prop_tgt:AUTORCC" title="AUTORCC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTORCC</span></code></a> processing by
enabling <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTORCC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTORCC.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTORCC" title="SKIP_AUTORCC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTORCC</span></code></a> or the broader <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOGEN.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN" title="SKIP_AUTOGEN"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOGEN</span></code></a>.</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="the-origin-autogen-target">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7" role="doc-backlink">The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;_autogen</span></code> target</a><a class="headerlink" href="#the-origin-autogen-target" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moc</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uic</span></code> tools are executed as part of a synthesized
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;_autogen</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_custom_target"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/add_custom_target.html#command:add_custom_target" title="add_custom_target"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">custom</span> <span class="pre">target</span></code></a> generated by
CMake.  By default that <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;_autogen</span></code> target inherits the dependencies
of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;</span></code> target (see <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS" title="AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS</span></code></a>).
Target dependencies may be added to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;_autogen</span></code> target by adding
them to the <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS" title="AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS</span></code></a> target property.</p>
</section>
<section id="visual-studio-generators">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" role="doc-backlink">Visual Studio Generators</a><a class="headerlink" href="#visual-studio-generators" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>When using the <span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-generators(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake-generators.7.html#manual:cmake-generators(7)" title="cmake-generators(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Visual</span> <span class="pre">Studio</span> <span class="pre">generators</span></code></a>, CMake
generates a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PRE_BUILD</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_custom_command"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/add_custom_command.html#command:add_custom_command" title="add_custom_command"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">custom</span> <span class="pre">command</span></code></a>
instead of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;_autogen</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-1-command:add_custom_target"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/add_custom_target.html#command:add_custom_target" title="add_custom_target"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">custom</span> <span class="pre">target</span></code></a>
(for <span class="target" id="index-3-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC" title="AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code></a> and <span class="target" id="index-4-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC" title="AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC</span></code></a>).
This isn't always possible though and
an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;_autogen</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-2-command:add_custom_target"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/add_custom_target.html#command:add_custom_target" title="add_custom_target"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">custom</span> <span class="pre">target</span></code></a> is used,
when either</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;</span></code> target depends on <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:GENERATED"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/GENERATED.html#prop_sf:GENERATED" title="GENERATED"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GENERATED</span></code></a> files which aren't
excluded from <span class="target" id="index-4-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC" title="AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code></a> and <span class="target" id="index-5-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC" title="AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC</span></code></a> by
<span class="target" id="index-1-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOMOC.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOMOC" title="SKIP_AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOMOC</span></code></a>, <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOUIC.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOUIC" title="SKIP_AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOUIC</span></code></a>, <span class="target" id="index-3-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOGEN.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN" title="SKIP_AUTOGEN"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOGEN</span></code></a>
or <span class="target" id="index-0-policy:CMP0071"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../policy/CMP0071.html#policy:CMP0071" title="CMP0071"><code class="xref cmake cmake-policy docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMP0071</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS" title="AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS</span></code></a> lists a source file</p></li>
<li><p><span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET.html#variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET" title="CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET</span></code></a> is enabled</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="qtmain-lib-on-windows">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" role="doc-backlink">qtmain.lib on Windows</a><a class="headerlink" href="#qtmain-lib-on-windows" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>The Qt 4 and 5 <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:IMPORTED"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/IMPORTED.html#prop_tgt:IMPORTED" title="IMPORTED"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IMPORTED</span></code></a> targets for the QtGui libraries specify
that the qtmain.lib static library shipped with Qt will be linked by all
dependent executables which have the <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:WIN32_EXECUTABLE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/WIN32_EXECUTABLE.html#prop_tgt:WIN32_EXECUTABLE" title="WIN32_EXECUTABLE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WIN32_EXECUTABLE</span></code></a> enabled.</p>
<p>To disable this behavior, enable the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Qt5_NO_LINK_QTMAIN</span></code> target property for
Qt 5 based targets or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QT4_NO_LINK_QTMAIN</span></code> target property for Qt 4 based
targets.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">add_executable(</span><span class="nb">myexe</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">WIN32</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">main.cpp</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">target_link_libraries(</span><span class="nb">myexe</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Qt4</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">QtGui</span><span class="nf">)</span>

<span class="nf">add_executable(</span><span class="nb">myexe_no_qtmain</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">WIN32</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">main_no_qtmain.cpp</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">set_property(</span><span class="no">TARGET</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">main_no_qtmain</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">PROPERTY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">QT4_NO_LINK_QTMAIN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">ON</span><span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">target_link_libraries(</span><span class="nb">main_no_qtmain</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Qt4</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="nb">QtGui</span><span class="nf">)</span>
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